Hong Kong

With hardly a shiver for colleagues in chillier climes, the Dartmouth Club of Hong Kong wound up its first year of existence with a warm round of applause for Dr.Francis K. C. Pan '26, stepping down after a year as actual president of the club and nearly a decade of hard work for Dartmouth in the colony. Taking over from Dr. Pan is Bob Aylward '37. Other new officers, all elected by acclaim at the first annual meeting, are H.J. Shen '28, vice president; S.Y.Wang '44, secretary, and Bill Allman '43, treasurer.

During the year, the club grew from nine to seventeen members. Reviewing highlights, Dr. Pan stressed the Dartmouth Evening as an idea worth continuing. In early January, teachers and promising students from every leading Hong Kong high school were invited to a showing of Dartmouth films. About forty students and teachers saw the films, quizzed club members on the college, and gulped down quantities of tea and cakes before departing. The Dartmouth Evening, part of the club's effort to make Dartmouth better known in Asia, is unique in Hong Kong. And it is expected to bring rich dividends as far as applicant quality is concerned. (This year's event, it should be noted, was followed by a dinner given in honor of 1962's all-conquering football team. Dr. Pan was host to all club members.)

Dartmouth's Project Asia, off to a solid start this year, was hailed by Dr. Pan in his review. The club has collected funds to be used for purchase of basic necessities for Project Asia men setting up residence in Hong Kong. Mike Coffield '62 and FrankKehl '62, this year's representatives, report their work is going well. (They have, by the way, been enrolled as the club's first honorary members.) Also slated for a repeat performance this year is the farewell party for men leaving the colony to begin studies in Hanover. Last summer's event, a beach barbecue, drew large attendance.

Guest of honor at the meeting was Lieutenant Commander Dick Simpson '53, stationed at Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines. Dick, a radiologist, was holidaying in the colony.

Next formal club event will be a dinner on March 29 honoring Prof. Lawrence Radway, who will be passing through the colony at that time on a study tour. As plans now stand, about thirty club members and wives are expected to attend the banquet at the Peking Restaurant in fabled Wanchai.

Also expected in Hong Kong soon is Leo M. Ungar '21, member of the Alumni Council. Mr. and Mrs. Ungar are traveling around the world: it's to be hoped they'll be able to attend the club's banquet in late March.

The Year of the Tiger has given way to the Year of the Rabbit in this part of the world. The Dartmouth Club of Hong Kong plans to keep right on hopping rapidly along.

Secretary, 124 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong